Bachelorette - Mindwarp: It's like a falsetto La Roux, with some wacha-kitta-wacha-kitta surf guitar in the background!

Bobby Mcferrin - Say Ladeo: Yes. Yes this is the same Bobby "Don't Worry Be Happy" Mcferrin. Forget all that and just try and focus here.
His new album Vocabularies is FUCKING AMAZING. It's a little bit adult contepmorary jazz, but it's freaking good. Complex acapella + drum compositions that span 8-11 minutes each, constantly weaving in and out of themself. Very much reccommended.

Empire Of The Sun - Walking On A Dream (Matamatics Remix): I was never really in to this band, but this mix captures the 80s pop sensibility of the vocals and wraps it in an instrumental that is just precious enough to match, and it becomes one lovely guilty pleasure.

Franz Ferdinand - No You Girls (Trentemoller Radio Edit): I kind of love it when Trentemoller takes on rock bands. The results are often eye-opening, or at the very least fascinating experiments that teach us more about the current state of music than we had originally suspected.

Lisa Hannigan - I Don't Know: From 2008's "Sea Sew", this great little folk number really takes off with the horns.

Lorn - Wrong Place: Lorn has been putting out slick underground beats for a few years now, and it's always excitign when new tracks find their way in to my inbox.

Mike Patton - Deep DownMike Patton - L'Uomo Che Non Sapeva Amare: This isn't no Adult Themes From Voice. Nor is it Faith No More, Tomahawk, Weird Little Boy, Mr. Bungle or whatknot. Mondo Cane has Patton crooning ala Tony Bennet, in Italian of all languages. And he's fucking slick.
I'm a bit out on the overall album, but enjoy these sly numbers from this vocals virtuoso. We all wish we could be as cool as Mike Patton, and he constantly looks down at us and whispers "No."

Mothboy - Motion ControlMothboy - Won't: Sexy modern bass! I'm surprised this is out on Ad Noiseam, just because of the genre, but I love that label, and I am liking the new album "Bunny". For fans of Bonobo, for sure.

Shad - Rose GardenShad - We, Myself And I: New Shad! TSOL is the new album, and yeah, it's not perfect, but like Aceyalone's album last year, the parts that work are so joyous that you just don't care. Fuuuuun! For fans of any type of bohemian/conscious hiphop.

The Acorn - No GhostThe Acorn - Restoration: UMMMM WHAT? NEW ACORN???? HOLY SHIT!!!! Freshly leaked tracks from one of the most hotly anticipated Canadian albums of the summer: No Ghost. Between this and the new Rae Spoon, it's going to be a orgiastic musical slugfest for dominance.
Keep your ears peeled for the full length, and (we hope) tour dates.

The Mountains & The Trees - Up & Down: Mmmm delicious monotone singing, and then the banjo twang coming in halfway! It doesn't know if it wants to be forlorn or optimistic, but we don't care. We love it just the way it is, confused as always. From the Hop, Skip, & A Jump EP

The Streets - Blinded By The Lights (Nero Remix): I never understood what anyone saw in The Streets. *yawn* But as has always been shown, even the most boring vocals can be touched by the hands of a genius and worked in to a total killer track. Thank you, Nero!

Think About Life - Set You On Fire: Ummm what? He's gonna set my girl on fire? FUCK YOU GUY! No people burning here. So like, what? A slightly more psychopathic and tragically hetero version of Junior Senior. OK!

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Sometimes you just are about to wake up and with the sadness there you can barely make it out of bed. Sometimes the things in our dreams just exhaust us so much that they stay with us all day long.
And sometimes we are just oh so slack in getting out updates that we are riddled with metaphorical panic attacks in the form of dreamscape premonitions of imminent doom.

I already have 2 more updates worth of stuff ready... I've been listening to tonnes of great new music, but life has been deliriously busy.

Tremelo Audio - Rosita (Lucrecia Remake)Tremor - Viajante (The Cumbia Cosmonauts Remix): Like so many random blog downloaded that are just miscellany mixtapes, I was expecting to find total crap. Or perhaps one good song and 15 pieces of crap. Blog mixtapes are like that.
But this one was different. It wasn't all cliche samples and fidget and no-flow hiphop like the others. Oh no.
These are from "Americas Volume One, A Mixtape by Moses Iten", and you should definitely check this one out. Fresh Southern beats throughout, slipping between sensual and more bouncey. And these two tracks especially caught my ear. Well worth the google search.

Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal (Michael Jackson cover): The first of 3 covers in this update! Didn't we do something similar 3 updates back? Sure, but covers can be awesome...
A great rocking take on one of MJ's most exciting tracks, circa 2001.

Anni Rossi - Machine (live on MOKB radio): This kind of rootsy folk works oh-so-well in cloistered radio studios. It's a shame that so many recording technicians don't do rawer recordings like this where you can hear all of the finger pickings.

Brasstronaut - Six Toes: Yeah, I bet you weren't expecting the fucking oboe. No one expects the oboe. But an adorable little song, bridging that gap between Andrew Vincent and Beirut, and from the 2010 album Mt. Chimaera.

Health - Before Tigers (Blindoldfreak Rmx): We previously posted a great new song from the new album "DISCO2", but the rest of the album didn't move me in any real way. Except for this one. I like any band that can resist the urge to just toss their siganture backing beat on top of a track and do something a tad more delicate on the rework tip.

Josh Ritter - The Curse: Old fashioned story-tellin' folk ala Cohen, from the new album "So Runs The World Away".

Me First And The Gimme Gimmes - Ben (MJ & Crispin Glover cover): Another old cover. And yes, sure, it's a Michael Jackson song, but they do the correct thing here: IT WAS CRISPIN HELLION GLOVER THAT MADE THIS SONG THE TRUE CLASSIC FOR ALL AGES.
Fuck yes Ben, we love you. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTKNahASSDI

Ozomatli - Are You ReadyOzomatli - Gay Vatos In LoveOzomatli - It's Only Paper: this album was a shock! It's kind of all over the place, but firmly rooted in summer feel-good vibes. In the beginning being a bit like a poppy take on The Very Best, the album is a mix of sunshiney tunes for fans of mid-90s Sublime and Mighty Mighty Bosstones. Festival rock fiesta.

Poirier - Let Them Hate ft YT (Mungo's Hi-Fi Remix): I feel somehow unCanadian for not gushing over it, given all of the surrounding hype and praise, but I don't like the new Poirier album.
But I do love Mungo's Hi-Fi. Love them to death! And they slid in a fantastic remix on to the deluxe edition of the Poirier album that's almost worth the price of admission alone.

STS - The People: And this is the point where I'm just done with words. Uhhh fun hiphop? OK! Biting Lil' Wayne, but ahh well.

Switch vs Ms. Thing - Love Guide: Back when I first heard Switch, before the days of fidget house and blog house, Switch were putting out some crazy innovative sounds. This is like a return to that heyday when their productions were super exciting and testing exciting new dancefloor boundaries. Hell yes.

The Concretes - Good Evening: Ooooo! New stuff from The Concretes! I am not super amped by the constant kick drum, but oh how I missed her dreamy voice...

Vijay Iyer Trio - Galang (Trio Riot Version) (M.I.A. cover): This is a pretty fucking momentous jazz album. "Historicity" is here to kick your jazz hipster ass.
But it's not for beginners. This is no Herbie Hancock, no In A Silent Way. So here's the most easily approached song, a rework of M.I.A.'s Galang for the upright-bass riot squad.
How awesome is this? If you are a modern jazz fiend, this album will warm your socks.

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Another rushed post, another short gap. But another excuse!
I am spending this weekend pampering my sweet-heart, so I want to get this out of the way now.
Just don't open this until Friday. It's THAT EASY.

Why the hell do you even read this? This blog isn't a "woah look at me I'm a fancy-pants writer and I write a music blog". No. The writing is purposely rushed, vapid, with random missing words, and numerous spelling errors. All to the effect of getting you to stop reading and focus on listening!
But not until Friday, k?

Ash Reiter - Paper Diamonds: I haven't heard anything new from Metric or the Yeah Yeah Yeahs any time recently, but thanks to Ash Reiter, I don't care anymore! woot.

Daniel Johnston - MaskDaniel Johnston - True Love Will Find You In The End: Classics are reworked, voices are strained, crowds are alienated. All that and more on the new album "Beam Me Up!"
If you don't know Johnston's peculiar stylings, give it all a moment to sink in. He's a very precious singer/songwriter. This disc is a good jump-on point for newcomers as it does have some of his most-loved songs, but it's also essential for any fans.

Kenyan Boys Choir - HomelessKenyan Boys Choir - Kikererani Lelo (Kapchesan): Funny story. These guys came and sang at Barack Obama's inauguration, and were approached with a local record contract while in the airport waiting to depart back to Kenya. Or so the story goes.
Of all of the fabulous music coming from Africa, this is far from the most boundary pushing. Hell, it's even safer than Ladysmith Black Mambaozo in the 80s. Disney friendly. But they drop a great rendition of the famous track Homeless, and that kind of warmed me to it all. :)

Lady Of The Sunshine - Lady SunshineLady Of The Sunshine - Silver Revolver: Wonderful folk pop, for fans of Fleet Foxes and Iron & Wine. From the 2009 album "Smoking Gun".

Laleh - Simon Says: Straight-up happy pop.

Lenka - The Show: Super cutesy folk for sure, but that's never stopped us before. Shades of Kate Nash and Natalia Lafourcade for sure. Maybe even Sheryl Crow? Forget I said that. Sorry.

Metavari - Kings Die Like Other MenMetavari - Twilight Over Akaishi: I kind of love this album. "Be One Of Us And Hear No Noise" is a bit all over the place, but all the places it visits are delightfully familiar and exciting. Shades of The Books, Lali Puna and even a tad of Sigur Ros. Pretty fantastic stuff.

Mi Ami - Secrets: With a shout belted out like that to kick the track off, you know it's gonna be hot. I miss the golden days of Crass, and hereby salute the future of female ranty punk music!

Nina Nastasia - Cry, Cry, BabyNina Nastasia - You Can Take Your Time: I had a hard time figuring out "Outlaster", Nastasia's new album. The moods are often somber, but she brings in a huge backing section that is used so damn well, that it's hard not to get seduced from the get-go. The arrangements vary from poppier twang folk to denser contemporary works that would impress Owen Pallet. But what grounds it all is Nina's emotional honesty in her delivery.

Panacea - ImmortalPanacea - Revolution World Crazy: The new Panacea is "12 Step Program", and while I can't get behind the whole thing, these tracks show that there is some serious flavour to be found. In the realm of conscious hiphop, it's especially important to avoid the cliches, but the music has to be tight up there too. So this is pretty good, but it's no Shad. What's that? Oh yes, new Shad out soon...

The Glitch Mob - Drive It Like You Stole It: FUCK YES BREAKBEATS! That's my new genre. "fuck yes breakbeats". unnnh. It's like the sexiest parts of eDIT and Bassnectar massaged together by strong-yet-supple hands.

Monday, May 17, 2010

Alcoholic Faith Mission - My Eyes To See: I finally got the full length "Let This Be The Last Night We Care" and while I wasn't all up in the whole thing, I did love this track as well. Also check their track on the blog20100302 release for more goodness. Definitely for fans of Broken Social Scene.

Black Hat Brigade - Vera: I swear it sounds like the guy is on the verge of breaking out in to a yodel during the breakdown. That or dance a shanty jig.

Caribou - Odessa: OK OK, this song is pretty good. But like so many other albums of BIG HYPE this year, file Swim under the "meh" section. I've just never gotten excited about Caribou, sorry! This one is at least shiny and groovey.

Everyone Everywhere - Tiny Boat: Remember back when Emo was all about snappy shoes and Jade Tree Records? Close your eyes and relive those glory days.

Holy Fuck - Lucky: Bouncey chopped guitar + bass build to space-rock epicness, and makes this one of my favourite tracks of the new LP Latin. I'm not down with the whole thing, but fans of past Holy Fuck albums, and especially fans of Ratatatat's latest 2 albums, will really dig it all.

Milieu - CropdusterMilieu - Night Ride: I guess I'm swimming in nostalgia these days, because suddenly I'm back to when Boards Of Canada's High Scores was on the shelves alongside Ulrich Schnauss's Far Away Trains Passing By. The album Colortone is from 2008, but I just found it now, and really the year doesn't matter since it'll just warp you back to the late-90s IDM heyday of chugging progressive breaks and only the sexiest of organ squiggles.

Mitten - GreenMitten - Similar Sense: Another surprise find for me! Fabulous female pop numbers, for fans of School of Seven Bells, The Notwist, and yes, there is even a dash of Stereolab in there.

Myagi & Johan Soh - Still (Stefan Goodchild Remix): Remixes still come out on occassion that just rework all of the conventions before them, and I'd classify this as one of them. Working some garage stylings into a proto-dubstep framework, I find this piece extremely satisfying without getting melodramtic and edgy without being obscure.

Omar Souleyman - Hafer Gabrak Bidi (I Will Dig Your Grave with My Hands)Omar Souleyman - Li Raja Behawakom (I Beg You, Baby): How can you fuck with a man who names a song like I Will Dig Your Grave With My Hands? What is this, death metal? Oh no, it's the Syrian jazz sensation Omar Souleyman, here to bust your fucking skull.
The new album is "Jazeera Nights: Folk and Pop Sounds of Syria", and it's a take-no-prisoners affair of total awesomeness that will part the seas in the same way that Naked City's Torture Garden did. Any fans of Mr. Bungle and Muslimgauze should definitely get up on this and find out where there much-cherished pseudo-exotic sounds come from. Very much recommended for fans of jazz, Middle Eastern music and death metal.

Pick A Piper - Rooms: From the 2009 self-titled, this is hypnotic and ecstatic. As opposed to hypnotic and terrifying.

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Don't read this post! There's a monster at the end!
No wait, what I mean is that it's probably TOO EARLY for another update. But the thing is, I'm off to Toronto this weekend and won't have the time nor wherewithall to get my planned update out.
So you get it early.

But no worries! You can just turn your computer off right this moment, and not turn it back on until Sunday.
Then, you won't feel pressured to get this update and plough through it.

Yes, that's right. Just close your email down and shut off the computer.
Pull the plug from the back.
Now toss that monitor straight out the fucking window.
OK, now the pants come off. Tear your pants in to strips of fabric. Bite in to your hand until you break the skin, streak some blood across your face, and tie one of the pieces of fabric across your forehead like a sweatband.

If that fails, just listen to the update. It's all gravy to me.

We have FIVE, count 'em 5 cover songs in this update. 5!

Cicada - Metropolis (The Twelves Remix): The Twelves are back with another rockin' pop remix. love love love.

CocoRosie - Surfer Girl (Beach Boys cover): From the Lemonade single, CocoRosie do an appropriate breathey take on this Beach Boys classic.

eLDOKO - Woodworm Blues: Filtered and chopped horns? On a funky house beat? you don't say!

Franz Ferdinand - All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem cover): Probably one of my favourite LCD Soundsystem tracks! Covered by FF on their A Bunch of Stuff EP from 2007.

Mochipet - John Coltrane on Atari (Daniel Day Trio Remix): Everyone and their mom is remixing Mochipet, and considering this is Master P On Atari Transformed Vol. 1, it implies at least one more volume in the works. This was the standout for me, a guitar and drums rework of the original breakbeat mutant.

Ryuichi Sakamoto - Ropa: This is off the 2008 Koko EP. It's great to hear Sakamoto getting back in to depth of the piano.

She & Him - I Put A Spell On You (Screamin' Jay Hawkins Cover): Taken from the comp "Sweetheart: Our Favourite Artists Sing Their Favourite Long Songs"

The Joy Formidable - The Greatest Light Is The Greatest ShadeThe Joy Formidable - Whirring: It was an accident I stumbled on these songs, but they are fabulous! The tags say they are from the brand new "A Balloon Called Moaning", which I will happily hunt down. And so should you.

The Pack A.D. - Crazy: A fabulous rock pop number from the new album "We Kill Computers".

The Rest - The Close Western: It's the end of the day, I'm out of words, and I'm just blissing out to this song... from the album Cried Wolf.

Monday, May 10, 2010

So sorry for being so absent. What's it been? Months? years? Well there's no real way of telling.
All that's important is that I'm back. Did you miss me?
Let's get down to business.
Funky business.

Ghostape - Many Stars (Ste Mix)Nuuro - Avila: As has been the habit for a bit, let's start with some gems from a compilation and sneak them in at the top of the playlist.
"You Will Know Us By the Trail Of Avant Pop" has to be the best comp title in a while! The Ste remix here is a sweet pop chopup number. And Nuuro rocks the autotune for it's appropriate robo purposes.

Awol One and Factor - Stand Up ft Myka 9 & Aesop Rock: From the album "Owl Hours", a great chorus and even an Aesop Rock verse. I haven't been feeling much Awol One in the past few years, but this track is hot.

Kosheen - Guilty (Plastician Remix): I was a bit shocked to enjoy the latest Kosheen, but lo', the vox are damn sexy and reminiscent of 15-year-old Portishead. The slick Plastician beat acts as a perfect mood-setter.

LCD Soundsystem - Dance Yrself CleanLCD Soundsystem - Home: Big news in the rock dance scene! The new LCD Soundsystem is called "This Is Happening" and many of you will be very excited. OK, point of warning: Average song length is somewhere between 7 and 8 minutes. That means if there's a clunker that's getting fuddy-duddy on your mojo, you have a long way to go until it departs.
For me, there's only a few amazing tracks on here. And I crazy excited for the inevitable remix goodness that will result from this, the deft dancefloor mavens editing down the sprawling prog-dance marathons in to more digestible pop nuggets.
But these two tracks here are pretty fabulous, and if you've ever like an entire LCD Soundsystem album in the past, this is definitely something you HAVE to check out.

Mexicans With Guns - Me Gustó: HOTNESS! After seeing the awesome trailer for MACHETE and watching the Vice Guide to Films episode on Narco Cinema, I hereby declare this the coolest new band name.

Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics - Masenqo: Now this is sex. A fabulous and enchanting jazz number from the album "Inspiration Information 3". So sweet!

Richard Skelton - RemainderedRichard Skelton - The Shape Leaves: Landings is the new album for 2010, and it just fills me with shivers of delight. The soundscapes are lush and have the depth of an enchanted forest. Fans of Ben Frost should fall in love with this, but there's none of the menace that Frost's album portrays.
Landings takes me in to a private world of mystery and trepidation, but you are curious and vulnerable, not filled with abject terror. This album is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, and will have a profound effect on your psychological space.

Samantha James - Waves Of Change: Ms. James has dropped some sexy vocals over some of hottest vocal jazzy house tracks over the years. Some might instantly doubt because of yes, she does have the sheen and glow of a happy hardcore vocalist, and could easily pump out some raver singles. But despite the sheen, despite the autotune, there is a fabulously little sexy song here.

Sun Kil Moon - Si Paloma: This one goes back to 2003 and the album "Ghosts of the Great Highway", this is an instrumental number that should appeal to fans of The Dirty Three and Jose Gonzalez equally.

The National - Bloodbuzz OhioThe National - Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks: Back with more from The National's High Violet! You'll be hearing much more about this album as the year chugs on...
The Tallest Man On Earth - I Won't Be Found (Daytrotter Session): And we'll end it on this fabulous cut! One of TTMOE's best songs ever, reworked for piano. SO. DAMN. GOOD.

It's part FAQ, part beginners guide, part bio. Check it out and let me know what you think! It will probably eventually replace my old bio page.

Aaron Martin, Part Timer - Climbing Into Water (Drowned)Aaron Martin, Part Timer - Gravel Scar (Dried Blood): Grass Rewound came out in 2009 and it a lush and rewarding album of emotionally touching ambient pieces. While an ambient experience at it's heart, it has borrows from the ecstasies of the likes of Murcof. Recommended.

Aloe Blacc - I Need A Dollar (Kurc Remix): An interesting remix that drops the verses entirely and focuses on the chorus, but it's an unlikely street banger hit.

Avi Buffalo - Whats In It For: off the similarly titled 7" single, this band ressurects a simpler time of indie pop. I haven't heard their full length yet... More later.
Crystal Castles - Year Of Silence: Another track from Crystal Castles' self titled new album! I really am getting in to this album, and it will really solidify their place on the hipster touring circuit. The whole thing is a quality mix of pop sensibilities and the distortion and nonsense that almost seem trademarked. Distortion without lo-fi cliches! Electro with the desire to stab yourself in the ears! Very much recommended.

Cults - Go Outside: From a self titled 7", this track is gloriously innocent pop, that opens with the perfect sample to give a sinister dichotomy. Indie rock goes bubblegum? Or are they just smarter than us?

Health - USA Boys: I wasn't crazy in to their album, but this is from their remix album and hmmmmm it cleans things up and leaves my favourite elements there! Apparently recorded in the studio of none other than Trent Reznor! I like it.

Kate Nash - Don't You Want To Share The GuiltKate Nash - Later OnKate Nash - Paris: Ready for 2010, Kate's new album is "My Best Friend Is You" and it is pretty fabulous. There are tonnes of great songs on here. But, it's kind of like Regina Spektor's Soviet Kitsch: I can only really get in to half of the songs, and I get turned off by the rest. Don't let that dissuade you, because there is so much goodness in this bundle. SO MUCH. And hey, if you really like Regina Spektor, you will LOVE this album. It has similar charms. And Lily Allen. If you're a fan of her, grab this without hesitation.
She is an emotional whirlwind, but it's one helluva ride on the bipolar merry-go-round.

LaBelle - It Took A Long Time: This number comes from last year's Precious soundtrack.
No. I will not write out "the full official" name. Fuck, who does that? It's Precious. Just call it fucking Precious. yeesh.

Los Campesinos! - Romance Is BoringLos Campesinos! - Straight In At 101: We dropped the first single in an earlier blog entry, but here are two more fabulous tracks from the new LP "Romance Is Boring".
On their last EP, Los Campesinos! were downright angsty, but they have seem to stepped out of self-pity and right back in to their entirely manic-cum-emo powers which made us fall in love with them in the first place.
I'm not down with the entire album, but if you have ever loved this band, you owe it to yourself to get this album. For me, it's a bit too much like hanging out with emotionally incompetent drama kids doing lines of ecstasy: Fun to hang around with for a bit, but you need to step outside for some air every 15 minutes or so.

Richard Devine & Telefon Tel Aviv - CWCIII: Dayyam, it's been a long time since I've heard the Richard Devine I knew and loved! Back in the mid 90s Mr. Devine dropped some smoking IDM beats on the world, but then went all Max/MSP/glitchfest and I tuned it all out.
This track comes from the new Ghostly By Night compilation and serves up the crunchtastic beats that I know and love. And hell, a touch of

The Album Leaf - Resonations: A quaint little acoustic guitar and strings number, off the new record "There Is A Wind".

The Count And Sinden - Strange Things: Oh hell yes! Time to step things up a notch and drop some dnb. I'm so happy Count And Sinden are working more in this territory, I've loved the few jungley things they dropped previously.
The Young Punx - Ready For The Fight: For me, this is the shining single off the new "Mashpop & Punxstep" album.

Treasure Fingers - What Am I Supposed To Do: After producing some remixes I've loved, great to see an original production from Treasure Fingers. And a totally slamming jackin' house track!

Yolanda Be Cool + Dcup - We No Speak Americano: Man, we're ending this end of the blog with a total dance party! Fucking hotness.

Monday, May 3, 2010

Yes Yes ya'll, this one's going out to the Mcdonald's foodcourt thingy that caught on fire this afternoon.
Thanks to you, I got to go walk by the water and talk to the ducks chilling out there.
big-ups to everyone who came to the Raw Sugar party on the weekend! That was an excellent throwdown.

Bvdub - Lest You ForgetDJ Koze - Bodenweich: It's nothing new, but the predictable Pop Ambient series is back for 2010! Oh, and I bet you thought they would forget this year? While certainly not essential, any of the entries in this series are a decent find if you can get them cheap, as there are always a handful of tracks that pass the sniff test.

Beach House - The Arrangement: Standout track from the new EP "Zebra"!

Gil Scott-Heron - NewYork Is Killing Me ft Nas (1200squad Remix Main): Gil Scott-Heron's album was a fabulous melding of spoken word and funk, and Nas perfectly drops in for some verses here on this fabulous remix clap beat.

Gold Panda - Quitter's Raga: This track is good. I'm getting really sick of the nauseously pulsing psych/dub breakbeat stuff coming from the Flying Lotus/Gonjasufi camps. Like seriously, give yr compressor chain a rest. But I like this track. And heavens it's not 6 minutes long. From the 2009 album Quitter's Raga.

Hot - Policeman and Soldiers: Brand new bouncey jungle flip on this classic ragga track. Actually, I'm not sure if it's just a recent repress, but anyways, still a classic sound.

Jonsi - Sticks & Stones: From the How To Train Your Dragon soundtrack!!!! Huh, no shit!

Maps & Atlases - Solid Ground: A great little rock number from the new album Perch Patchwork. I haven't heard the LP yet, but I will keep an eye out for it for sure.

Mochipet - Godzilla New Year: From the mutant breakbeat terror of an album "Master P on Atari", Mochipet is back and delivers a slamming ensemble of wonky breakbeats, bass and a dash of cute savvy. Bassnectar fans take note.

Mos Dub - Summertime Running: Mos Dub is a new free online remix project if you 1) like Mos Def and 2) like dub. The concept is pretty simple, but if you checked YES at both options, you have a great album to BBQ to all summer long. Get it all at http://mosdub.com/

Noisettes - Sometimes: From the 2009 album Wild Young Hearts, this is a super sexy pop number.

Radi Tabasco - Lila (Radio Edit): I don't even know anymore.

The National - Runaway: High Violet is the new LP for 2010 and mannnnnn... I'm just not sad enough for it. Like, if my life was gray and melancholy, I'd totaly just be blasting this all day long, eyes perpetually moist.
Now, don't get me wrong: The album is very good. It just takes me a long time to get in to new material by The National. It's hard for me to sink in to their world.
If you are a National fan, get this ASAP. YOU'LL FRICKING LOVE IT. I need to listen to it 10 more times before I perdictably come back and gushingly apologize for ever doubting it.

Tosca - My First (Nicola Conte Version)Tosca - Rosa (K&K Streichquartett Version): Pony offers up remixes from last year's incredible No Hassle. Like most remix albums, it's some killer with lots of filler, but dayyam, check out these sexy tracks here. Can't go wrong with such stunning arrangements.

Two Door Cinema Club - Cigarettes In The TheatreTwo Door Cinema Club - Something Good Can WorkTwo Door Cinema Club - Undercover Martyn: The new album is called Tourist History, and it is quite good. My only complaint is that I just can't maintain the energy throughout. If you are an energetic rock fan, you'll love love love this album. It channels much of the best trends in 2009's indie gush. Fans of Vampire Weekend and Phoenix (which is like, what, most of the planet?) will be quite pleased.

White Hinterland - No Logic: This is from the 2010 LP "Kairos", which I haven't heard, but after finding this single I am drooling over the prospect of a full hour of gloriousness like this. This rubs my brain in that happy happy place.